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In reply to the discussion: Schiff says on ABC the National Security Agency is starting to "withhold documents" on Ukraine... [View all]CrispyQ
(36,461 posts)I have too many friends who still believe it can't happen here, a deadly form of American exceptionalism.
There's also the fact that many of us don't have the means, wherewithal, or support system to sustain a longtime protest. And then there's the fact that our country is so big. If we were the size of France and we could all descend on DC every weekend, that would get media attention, but we're spread out and each city has its own protest which gives the appearance our protests aren't as large or as organized. And then there's the media, who like to diminish the left while building up the right. I could go on & on.
We needed a strong opposition party the past forty years, not a party that "goes along to get along," which is what I think the dems have done. I'm a dem. I always have been, always will be, probably, since the only end to the two party system that I see is one-party rule that the GOP has just about sewn up, thanks to not having a strong opposition party.
On a good day I give us about a 30% chance of surviving Trump/McConnell/Barr.
Cheers!